I'm on a number of other non-computer related lists, and for some reason people just don't understand or perhaps are too lazy to change a subject line when going off topic or just opening a new subject for discussion. Some people need "training". I go into a lot of trouble on one list because a guy kept cutting and pasting without checking who had really made the statements in question. So I got full credit for some stupid comments that I had never made. I went off list and explained to the guy what he had caused, and he cleaned up his act, but he never made a post stipulating that I hadn't made the comments that I got credit for. Basically, if people just indicate in the SUBJECT what they are posting about if different then the ongoing discussion, all lists would be less noisey. To be honest, i never read nor respond to "Friday Funny" or other non-system related posts, because I'm not interested, but at least I don't bother to open the email. I certainly don't allow large numbers of postings to accumulate to be read after hours or at a later time. I check this list regularly several times each day and read what interests me and immediately delete the rest. I find no problem with this list, but maybe I should watch closer to find out what Shookie is all about. LOL
Murray ________________________________ From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? The irony in all of this is that not a single person has addressed my *on-topic* question about clipboard behavior, but we've had a bazillion off-topic posts about not posting about off-topic subjects, as well as duplicate requests (one plain text, one HTML) to fill out a survey to vote for a product that many people don't even use. So I ask again, any ideas how to force the clipboard to not get cleared after certain operations? Thanks. -sc From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Good NT sysadmin list? SC would you post that OT discussion list again? Thanks ;) On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the noise is far more worth than a sterile robotic forum. Since it seems that several people are having a hard time grasping this concept, I will clarify: It is not the noise but the relative fraction which I am complaining about. I agree completely that draconian rules on permissible discussion would kill this forum, and that friendly remarks are the essential grease in any communication. I'm not asking for topic fascism, and would object to it if proposed. All I am asking for is self-discipline and common courtesy. Hell, having even *half* the traffic be on-topic would be a tremendous improvement, given recent trends. > Conversation/thread-view is a *must* in forums like this. I keep seeing this, too. Yah, thanks guys, I was using message threading before Microsoft had a mail client at all. That doesn't mean I think having to delete 75% of the traffic is a good thing. Especially when the noise is often in the same thread with the technical discussions. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
